The Music of Hindostan c21.5

c21.5

bagpipe, see Scotch. bahusāmi, having many melodies, 250. balin, strong (note), 154, 159, 177, 178. Bande Mātaram, Ex. 250. baṇśrī, bamboo flute, 30, 102. bārobāri, normal time, 241. barypyknon, lower note of a cluster, 121. bayan, left hand (drum), 226. beating time, 209. ‘bee-string’, or drone, 79. beggars, &c., 22-4. Behār, its folk-song, 22. Bengal, language, 84, 92. musical system, 122. tune, Ex. 1. see Tagore. bhajan(a), kind of song, 286. bhakti, faith, 286. bhakti, section of Sāman, 255. bhāṣā, dialect, 82, 299. bhatial, boatmen’s song, 7. bīn, North Indian vīṇā, 89. boatmen, 33, 37-41. boat-songs, Ex. 1, 51-77. Böhme, Altdeutsches Liederbuch, Ex. 378. bol, drum-stroke, 227, 229, 233. braces of drum, 226, 227. brāhmaṇa, 246, 249. Brāhma samāj, 162. Breton song, Ex. 73. bṛhaddevatā, treatise, 258. buḍubuḍike, hand drum, 228. Burnell, A. C., 250, 251, 254, 257, 266. Burns, Robert, 250. Butler, Samuel, 162.